Assoc. Prof. PhD Albena Georgieva

Work address

Institute of Folklore

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences 

Acad. G. Bonchev Str., bl. 6

1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

phone: (+ 359 2) 979 30 11

e-mail: albena@ifolk.bas.bg

Education

1969-1973 - Secondary School in English Language, Sofia

1974-1978 - Diploma in Bulgarian Philology at Sofia, University  “St. Climent of Ohrid” (graduation paper on Bulgarian folklore)

1975-1978 - Specialization in the student's Circle in Bulgarian Folklore

1980-1983 -Post-graduate fellowship in Bulgarian folklore at Sofia University “St. Climent of Ohrid”

1987 - educational and scientific degree Doctor (corresponding to PhD) at Sofia University “St. Climent of Ohrid”

Professional Experience

1978-1985 - Part-time assistant in Bulgarian folklore in Sofia University “St. Climent of Ohrid”

1979-1987 - Employee in Sofia University “St. Climent of Ohrid”

1979-1988 - Advisor and instructor at student's field work expeditions in folklore

1987-1990 - Lecturer in Bulgarian Folklore at Southwestern University “Neofit Rilski” in Blagoevgrad

1988 - Research Associate in the Council for Bulgarian studies at Sofia University “St. Climent of Ohrid”

1990-1992 and 1995 - Lecturer in Folklore at Plovdiv University “St. Paisii of Hilendar” 

1993 - Lecturer for post-graduate specialization in the Department for Culturology at Sofia University “St. Climent of Ohrid”

1998 - 16 March - 16 April - visiting Professor in Bulgarian folklore in the Universities of Lódz and Warsaw, Poland

1989-1996 - Research Associate in the Institute for Folklore, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

From 1996 - Senior Research Associate in the Institute for Folklore, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

From 1998 - Scientific Secretary of the Institute for Folklore, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

Participation in Research Projects

International

1994-1997 - Traditional Cultural Relationships and Ethnic Self-identity in the Contemporary Situation on the Balkans: on materials from the region of Timok - Vlah, Bulgarian and Serbian Villages - joint project, realized by scholars from Bulgaria and Serbia and supported by the International Center for Minorities and Cultural Relationships, Sofia.

1999-2001 - Contemporary Folklore and Popular Culture in Bulgaria and Finland - joint agreement between the Institute of Folklore. Sofia, and the Department for Folk Traditions, Tampere, Finland.

National:

1981-1994 - Investigation of the Folklore in the Region of Mihailovgrad (now Montana) - in a team from the Institute of Folklore.

1993-1997 - Storytelling - Process and Structures - in a team from the Section Verbal Folklore in the Institute of Folklore.

1994-1996 - Encyclopedia of Bulgarian Folk Medicine - with specialists from the Ethnographic Institute, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, supported by the National Academic Foundation in Bulgaria.

1995 - Religion and Folklore - a leader of the project and an organizer (together with Iveta Todorova-Pirgova) of an international scientific conference, supported by the Open Society Fund, “East-East” Program, Bankya, 26-28 October, 1995.

1996-1998 - Storytelling and Culture. Folkloristic Aspects - with specialists from the Institute of Folklore, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, supported by the National Academic Foundation in Bulgaria.

1994-1997 - Archive for Balkan Authentic Folklore Database - with specialists from the Institute of Folklore, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, supported by UNESKO.

1997-1999 - Women’s Knowledge and Women’s Roles in Balkan Folklore - individual project, supported by Research Support Scheme of the Open Society Institute/Higher Education Support Program.

1997-1999 - The Foreign Bulgaristics in 20^th Century - with specialists from the Council for Bulgaristics at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, supported by UNESKO.

2000-2002 - Folkloristic Aspects of Identity in the Process of Globalization - leader of a team from the Institute of Folklore.

2001-2002 - Living Human Treasures. Nomenclature of the Activities - in a team from the Institute of Folklore; financially supported by UNESKO.

2001-2004 - Mihail Arnaudov - joint project of teams from the Institute of Literature and the Institute of Folklore at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences; leader of the team from the Institute of Folklore.

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